Burlington police are looking for three men who stole money from Family Dollar at 908 E. Webb Ave. on Sunday.

Police said that at 7:21 p.m., they were summoned to the store after a reported robbery. Upon arrival, police were told by the clerk that three man armed with handguns entered and demanded money from the register and safe.

The men left the business with an unreported amount of money. A woman who was leaving the store tried to hold the front door closed to keep the robbers from leaving but was hit several times in the head with the handgun by one of the men. The woman was not seriously injured and did not require medical treatment.

The robbers ran toward Stone Street, where they got into what’s described as a mid to late ‘90s model gold Honda station wagon and headed toward Flanner Street.

Another witness in a vehicle who was stopped at the intersection of Webb Avenue and Flanner Street saw the men run across Webb toward Stone Street and attempted to follow them. The witness said the robbers got into the Honda. The witness then followed the vehicle onto Stone Street toward Maple Avenue. One of the robbers in the car began shooting at the witness, causing the witness to pull to the side of the road. The witness then lost sight of the car, which was last seen traveling west on Flanner Street toward Morehead Street.

The robbers were described as followed:

Police say one of the men was black, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark-colored pants. He was armed with a silver handgun;

The other two men were black, wearing black hoodies and dark-colored pants. One was armed with a black-colored handgun.

All three men had their faces covered with shirts or cloth wrapped around their faces.

There were no other injuries.

Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 336-229-7100 or the Burlington Police Department at 336-229-3500.